Iranian Foreign Ministry denies Zarif's letter to Tillerson

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has denied claims that its chief, Mohammad Javad Zarif, had written a letter to US State Secretary Rex Tillerson.

"The wrong, baseless and again new claim of Javad Karimi Ghoddousi that Foreign Minister of our country has had correspondence with the US Secretary of State is strongly rejected," Sputnik cited the ministry as saying.

It threatened the opposition hardliner with consequences for his "obstinacy" and warned that his allegations sought to distort the public opinion in Iran, adding it would not affect the country’s foreign policy.

An opposition lawmaker, Javad Karimi Ghoddousi, accused Zarif of secretly communicating with the US State Secretary.